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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1987-06-17, Page 1INDEX. Sports — A8, A9' ' Classifieds — Al2,'A13, A14 Births — All. ' Graduations = Al i. Ente.rtainment —A16 Legion A14 • Obituaries — A16. Walton— A6 Hensall — A5 ,Dublin — A7 Council Briefs. = A4 Manor residents extend invitation. . See page. 70 chers and students receive awards•; • Page, 8v Serving the communities and areas of Seaforth, Brussels, Dublin, Hensel! and Wei ton • THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JUNE 17., 1987 50 cents a copy Rock'nRoll Concert is a bust A concert, 'featurng one of Canada's top the people at the concert, I'd. never seen • _ rock and roll bands, failed to bring in the , before. Most of them came from'outside ,of money organizers had hoped it would. Seaforth." The Seaforth and District, Community, Mr. Martene said he doesn't know exact - Centres, and the Seaforth District High ly why more people didn't turn out for the • School, co-sponsors of the event; are out a concert, but said he did get a lot of negative total of $7,081 as a result of poor attendance ' comments from people who expected it to at the June 7 appearance of Tom Cochrane be licensed. and Red Rider. "I can't even count the number of people According to Pete Martene, assistant who asked me if there was a bar, and when manager of the community centres, a I said no, turned around and '.walked out. crowd of approximately 1,400' was needed, The consensus around here is that the poor. in orderfor organizers to break even. turn .outwas because the concert wasn't Expenses for the concert' totalled $14,000 licensed. No other concerts are licensed with Tom Cochrane costing $6,500, guest and I've been to all kinds," he said. Terry Crawford $1,000 and advertising and • "If'there was a bar then we couldn't have promotions approximately $5,500. The con- involved the highschool because we would . cert was advertised for three to four mon- have • had to keep the minors out. We the on a number of radio stations and corn- couldn't munity television channels, in the county's According to Mr. Martene the SDCC has local newspapers and the London Free - worked a deal with the highschool so they ' Press. Organizers had ordered 2,500 tickets can pay off their portion of the loss over an printed, thinking at least 2,000 would be extended period of time. They have also re- sold. Only 600 were. quested assistance from their school board. "We didn't expect all those people would , The SDCC hopes to make up its loss at a come from Seaforth," said Mr. Martene. dance featuring. Doug and the Slugs. That ' "But we did think there would be a few dance will be licensed. more than came out. At least two-thirds of People are really talking about this Council against paying auxilliary p Seaforth Town Council expressed disap- illiaries,have been paid, so we feel that the proval last week at a request from • the Town of Seaforth should 'also reimburse we town's auxilliary constables that they be As :i!liaries also. We all have full time jobs paid. and the hours we work for the Town of The constables, who were appointed in Seaforth are hours taken from our free September 1986, said they have provided time." ' over 600 man hours since that time, and The constables noted other employees want compensation in the future in the who give up their time for the Town of range of $7 to $10 per hour. Seaforth, like the firemen, are compensated. "We have received information from other municipalities in our county that their Auxilliaries were reimbursed for ser- vices of their time," wrote Alexander Broadfoot; Norman East, James McNichol and Sandra Morrison. "We are also aware that previous Aux - Town council however, was not in favor of paying the constables. "Not long ago we were told the only cost to us (the town) for having the auxilliaries would ' be the uniforms and reimbursing them for their meals etc.. Now they want $7 dance,",said Mr. Martene: • "Then. again they were talking about Tom Cochrane.' But we're really pushing for an older crowd. Wherever there's a bar that seems to be the place people go - whoever . is there and however much it costs." , Mr. Martene said there will probably be no more events, such -as the Tom Cochrane concert, in Seaforth. "We just "can't do it (financially) if there's no bar," he said. • Mr. Martene said he had been approach- ed by Tom Cochrane's manager, who also manages Kim Mitchell about the possibility of bringing Kim Mitchell to Seaforth. "But because of what ' happened with Tom Cochrane I had to tell him I didn't think we could make a go of it." . "I thought we had a great band with Tom Cochrane and that with the, price we charg- ed we couldn't go wrong. I thought Tom Cochrane put on a really good show and I can't understand why people didn't come out. Maybe people don't know who he (Tom Cochrane) is. Anyway there won't be any more concerts like this." ' ol'ice volunteers to $10 per hour," said'Deputy-Reeve Hazel Hildebrand. "Most of the town staff, who work regular hours, probably don't get that much. I think the most they could ask foris minimum wage." Councillor Carolanne Doig expressed outrage at the request.' - "I'm definitely against it," she said. "When the job was posted it stated it was voluntary. If -they want to volunteer then they should volunteer, if they want to get paid, then they should go out and get a job at the Freeze King, or somewhere. The Protection to Persons and. Property Committee. will discuss the issue further at its July meeting, ' Dutch student learns Canadian farming A Seaforth area dairy farmer is playing host to a 19.year-old student trainee from Holland from May 24 to August 15, as,part of the Dutch -Ontario College Exchange Pro- . gram sponsored by Centralia College and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Two other Dutch students are also in Ontario for the program. Ken Scott of R R 3 Seaforth, has been par- ticipating In this program since its beginn- ing in 1985. He first heard about the program from his neighbor, Con Eckert, Who also owns a dairy farm. Students participating in the program at - DUTCH BXCH'ANGE=Ken Scott, R 14.3 Seaforth, is host to a Dri"tgh exchang'e student .. 9_ JVanDer AA is in On - tette Holland who rs learninhow hi arm' the Canadian way. . Jos fano from May 74 until August 15 and during his stay he will help Mr. Scott around the farm whde Still getting some sightseeing done. Mr. VanDer AA is a second -year agriculture student wh'o'studies aminal husbandry and farming techniques. Mr. VanDer AA hooks up a Milking ti eehine to prepare for the long job of milking Mr. Scott's 25 colds. Blake photrl tend an agricultural college in Holland and are chosen based on their maturity, interest and agricultural or horitcultural skills. The exchange allows them to gain farming ex- perience by farming in another country. Mr. Scott heard in January his application was accepted and by the end of March he found out his student's name and started writing letters to him. Jos Vanber AA lives in Heinen which is approximately 80 kilometres from Amster- dam. The second -year student studies farm- ing technology and animal husbandry at the Middelbare tandbouw School in Oss, Holland. The school is 23 kilometres from his home, and is similar to the University of Guelph but is more intensive in its studies. The program is three years long. . Mr. VanDer AA became interested in the exchange program when his college invited applications from the students. As with any overseas trip, he paid $700 or 1050 guldens for air fare, $100 or 150 guldens for the ap- plication fees and about $200 or 30 guldens for health insurance while in Canada. In Holland Mr. VanDer AA lives on a dairy farm and helps milk 40-45 tows a day. He said milking Mr, Scott's 25 cows is "like being on a vacation". lie also helps clean pens and cut hay. While in Canal, the exchange students are given a training wage of $100 per week and free room and board. They are allowed a holiday one day a week or every other weekend, depending on the workload at the farm, The main reason Mr. Scottparticipated in the program was because the Students already had farming experience. "I don't have to train them(the Dutch students). The students around here are good but you have to train them first. The is so short that it is over by the time I get them trained," said Mr, Scott. • Mr. Stott added the program would be a Challenge and at the same time he could learn about different methods of farming from the Dutch students while they learn about Canadian fanning. Already he has seen ways Canadian fauns differ from Dutch farms. They are the way they milk their cows and they way they --store—their—fray Canadians, use silos to keep Winter hay called sileage. Dutch farmers use piles of hay covered wth plastic to keep the hay for the winter and it is called. haylege. To milk the cows Canadian farmers use the tie method -the eows are tied by metal yokes and milked. Dutch farriers use the "free stall" method -the cows are led into stalls and not tied. Con Eckert also uses this Method. There are eight other countries par- ticipatingin the program Japan, Australia, Denmark, the United Itindgom, `Vinland, :1 rolev COOKING UP .Bi1EAKFAST - Members of the Seaforth District High School senior boys basketball team were at school bright and early thursday morning in order to cook breakfast for various school team coaches. Here; Darren Crocker cracks some eggs while John McCowan looks on. Mcllwraith photo. Town regrets decision Seaforth Town Council is kicking itself for a decision it made a couple of years ago to save money. The Town is being forced to repair the leaking roof of the police station, despite the fact the roof was replaced just two years ago. At that time the. PUC opted to pay extra to have stone chips added to the tar mixture applied to the roof. The town town decided it would just tar its portion of the roof. The PUC's decision has turned out to be the wiser since the tar has proven to be no protection against the ice that falls from the clock tower in the winter. The town's roof is now in need of repair, while the PIJC's remain intact. "It's come back to haunt us," said Mayor Alf Ross, of the decision. PUC sets w,aterwo.rk budget of $26,049 The 1987 Waterworks Capital budget as set down by the Seaforth Public Utilities Commission has received approval from Town 'Council. The budget calls for a total expenditure of $26,049. A proposed 571 foot extension o% six inch watermain on Ord Street south of Market Street is the greatest cost at $14,5$0. The PUC plans to upgrade existing feed from 14 inch and 3 inch and replace it with six inch watermain to supply a greater volume of water and service to vacant lots. A fur- tire► 3;969 wig'be spent to stock-an'ddi, tional 400 feet of six inch watermain which can be used in the ease of accident. The purchase of two new hydrants to replace those at Churth and Cetnt"e Streets and John and High Streets, and the puri chase of water 'Meters and water read -o- mattes is expected to cost $3,000. cost of services needed to be re laced and upgraded on Ord' Street will cost $4,500. Pipe, fittings and material need to be Our - Chased to ureChased'to install new service to residential and commercial lot's or buildings and upgrade the stock. "The town made ,a desperate mistake when' it didn't have gravel put on its portion of the town hall roof, Now what we.have is a roof that is in need of desperate repair, and it's going to cost us more than it did initial- ly. Wedefinitely made a mistake in judge- ment when we decided not to go the extra route in the beginning.". According to an estimate obtained from Gordon Dale, who initially replaced the roof, it will cost the town $631.81 to repair the Ieaking roof of the police' station. A se- cond quote for adding stone to the roof has yet to be obtained. 101ST BIRTHDAY -A resident of the, Seaforth Manor will turn 101' on June 22 to be the oldest man in Seaforth. Bill Miners. has lived at the Manor for seven years and Said he has no secret' for living as long as he has. A vegetarian who doesn't like to kill defenseless animals,. Mr. Miners said he doesn't smoke or *Pink. He also promised to beat the world's record of living to 114 years old, by living until he is 115 years old. ,,Btakp�pho�